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Facts

Born c.1400 • Rottweil • Germany
Died c.1445 • Geneva • Basel • Switzerland
Movement / Style Late Gothic art

Photos

“The Miraculous Draft of Fishes,” tempera on panel by Konrad Witz, 1444; in the Museum of Art and History, Geneva
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